How Proust Can Change Your Life — Part 1

How Proust Can Change Your Lifeby Alain de Botton

How To Love Life Today

Proust was no different than you. He didn't think he was a genius. Hedisliked his own writing—calling himself 'aflea' & calling his writing 'a piece of indigestible nougat'.

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Newspaper L’Intransigeant’s published an articleaskingthe public what they thought everyonewould do if they knew that the world was ending.Proust’s response was:

Just think of how many projects, travels, love affairs, studies, it—our life—hides...